Radia Perlman
Radia Perlman（拉迪亚·珀尔曼）
今天翻书（Cisco Press），看到有段是介绍 Radia Perlma，802.1D 协议的发明人，顺手查了过去。
这大妈这么亲切，还是牛人啊，膜拜一下！~
Radia Perlman 在 1983 年发明了 Spanning Tree Algorithms（STA） 生成树算法研制出了用于网桥（交换机）设备的 Spanning Tree Protocol（STP）生成树协议。学网络的应该都知道 STP 生成树协议，用户交换网络的环路避免的。
Radia Perlma 也是被各种路由算法使用的链路状态机制的发明人，IS-IS 的主要发明者。
Radia Perlma 是对世界网络发展影响最大的二十个人之一，被人尊称为互联网之母。
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下面引自 oracle 网站对其的介绍：
Radia Perlman specializes in network and security protocols. She is the inventor of the spanning tree algorithm used by bridges, and the mechanisms that make modern link state protocols efficient and robust. She is the author of two textbooks, and has a PhD from MIT in computer science.
Her thesis on routing in the presence of malicious failures remains the most important work in routing security. She has made contributions in diverse areas such as, in network security, credentials download, strong password protocols, analysis and redesign of IPsec’s IKE protocols, PKI models, efficient certificate revocation, and distributed authorization. In routing, her contributions include making link state protocols robust and scalable, simplifying the IP multicast model, and routing with policies.
